Limpopo Business 2017-18 edition
A unique guide to business and investment in Limpopo. Limpopo Business 2017/18 is the ninth edition of this highly successful publication that has, since its launch in 2007, established itself as the premier business and investment guide to the Limpopo Province. This edition of Limpopo Business is officially endorsed by the Office of the Premier of Limpopo. This book contains detailed insights into the plans of the Limpopo Economic Development Agency (LEDA) and the recently launched bus rapid transport system for the provincial capital, Leeto la Polokwane, together with a comprehensive register of all provincial government and municipal contact details. Investment news related to mining, telecommunications and tourism is carried in overviews of all the main economic sectors. To complement the extensive distribution of the print edition of the magazine, the publication is also available online at www.limpopobusiness.co.za.
A unique guide to business and investment in Limpopo.
Limpopo Business 2017/18 is the ninth edition of this highly successful publication that has, since its launch in 2007, established itself as the premier business and investment guide to the Limpopo Province. This edition of Limpopo Business is officially endorsed by the Office of the Premier of Limpopo.
This book contains detailed insights into the plans of the Limpopo Economic Development Agency (LEDA) and the recently launched bus rapid transport system for the provincial capital, Leeto la Polokwane, together with a comprehensive register of all provincial government and municipal contact details. Investment news related to mining, telecommunications and tourism is carried in overviews of all the main economic sectors.
To complement the extensive distribution of the print edition of the magazine, the publication is also available online at www.limpopobusiness.co.za.
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OVERVIEW<br />
A National Library of South<br />
Africa (NLSA) project, supported<br />
by Vodacom, will connect about<br />
300 community libraries via VSAT<br />
and Vodacom ADSL services. The<br />
project covers South Africa’s three<br />
most rural provinces – North West,<br />
<strong>Limpopo</strong> and Mpumalanga.<br />
When national libraries starting<br />
using an open source system<br />
known as Library Information<br />
Management System (LIMS), it was<br />
a good opportunity to upgrade<br />
the more remote libraries. Meso<br />
ICT Solutions was the company<br />
used by Vodacom and the NLSA<br />
to roll out the project, which will<br />
also give community members<br />
in those areas (including teachers<br />
and students) better access to<br />
the Internet. Each library has 14<br />
work stations and Vodacom can<br />
carry both fixed-line and satellite<br />
connectivity.<br />
The state is a big factor in the ICT<br />
sector, both in terms of its regulatory<br />
role, the incentives offered to<br />
companies and in terms of its own<br />
purchasing power through national<br />
departments and agencies.<br />
The State Information<br />
Technology Agency (SITA) supports<br />
a wide range of national and provincial<br />
departments and municipalities<br />
across the province, and is working<br />
on establishing a comprehensive<br />
provincial network. SITA played a<br />
role in the NLSA/LIMS project.<br />
Sita has a client base of more<br />
than 5 000 offices, and offers services<br />
in WAN support, support<br />
of the provincial mainframe, ICT<br />
training and website development,<br />
among others. A SITA initiative to<br />
help South Africa’s teachers obtain<br />
laptops will have an impact on<br />
the sector.<br />
South African Vanguard of Technology (Savant) is a Department of<br />
Trade and Industry (dti) programme. It is the marketing and awareness<br />
programme for the South African ICT and electronics sector. The aim<br />
is to develop South African exports and to attract foreign investment.<br />
The National Department of Communications is responsible for<br />
the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA,<br />
the regulator of communications, broadcasting and postal services),<br />
the SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) and three other agencies.<br />
The Telkom Foundation began supporting ICT at Manyangan High<br />
School and several others like it a decade ago. Schools in rural areas<br />
were given a wireless networked e-Learning Resource Centre consisting<br />
of 20 computers, a server, a printer, all Microsoft supplied software,<br />
insurance and a three-year maintenance plan. Internet access was<br />
included, powered by Vsat satellite technology.<br />
Ten schools have been identified by the ICT Internet Connectivity<br />
Project and the National Department of Education to pilot the Offline<br />
Content Solution. Tirelo Bosha will pay R1.4-million towards this project.<br />
Tirelo Bosha is a public service improvement grant administered by the<br />
National Department of Public Service and Administration.<br />
The Technology and Human Resources for Industry Programme<br />
(THRIP) is a programme of the National Research Foundation and supports<br />
an average of 235 projects per year. THRIP supports initiatives<br />
that use science to bring benefits to wider society. This can relate to<br />
boosting distant rural computer literacy or for scientists working at the<br />
University of Venda who have received THRIP funding for soil research.<br />
Intermediate computer-literacy classes are given at some <strong>Limpopo</strong><br />
schools by the Internet Service Providers’ Association (ISPA), and<br />
the CoZa Cares project of Uniforum SA. The Maths Centre has received<br />
funding from the Citigroup Foundation to help it expand<br />
the Anglo American project for maths and science using specially<br />
developed software.<br />
ISPA and Uniforum SA run a Super Teacher of the Year award for the<br />
educator who has best imparted their newly acquired IT knowledge<br />
to pupils and members of their community when they return from<br />
training courses.<br />
ONLINE RESOURCES<br />
<strong>Limpopo</strong> Department of Economic Development, Environment<br />
and Tourism: www.ledet.gov.za<br />
<strong>Limpopo</strong> Economic Development Agency (LEDA): www.lieda.co.za<br />
Seda Technology Programme: www.seda.org.za<br />
South African Vanguard of Technology: www.savant.co.za<br />
State Information Technology Agency: www.sita.co.za<br />
Support Programme for Industrial Innovation: www.spii.co.za<br />
Technology Innovation Agency: www.tia.org.za<br />
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